Trace-carrier.



No. 890,698. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. 0. OLSON. TRACE CARRIER.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 23, 1907.

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UNITED STATES OLOF OLSON, OF BANOROFT, IOWA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed February 23, 1907. Serial No. 358,845.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Own OLSON, citizen of the United States, residing at Bancroft, in the county of Kossuth and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TraceOarriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to trace-carriers for harnesses; and the object is to provide means for holding the traces by which the tugs are supported and to hold them in a secure yet easily detachable manner. This obj eot I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved trace-carrier shown as applied in the harness. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line a a in Fig. 1 without any parts of the harness and without the gap 15 and spring 14 Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates a metallic frame or casing securable to the back-band 2 and hip straps 3, as shown.

4 are the upper ends of the traces in which are secured cock-eyes 5 adapted for engagement with the hooks 6 of the main frame or carrier 1.

To prevent accidental detachment of the cock-eyes, and to enable the operator to at-v tach and detach the cock-eyes and thereby the traces with one hand, I mount on a pivot 7, held in lugs or ears 8, a flat broad tongue 9, which is spring-held upward against the hooks 6, and may be depressed from the .hooks by the very cock-eye to be attached,

and in detaching the same the operator presses downward on the upward projection 10 of the tongue with the thumb or one finger of the hand removing the cock-eye.

I may impel the tongue 9, upward against the hooks by one or both of the two springs shown. The spring 11 is housed in the cup 10 of the tongue, and is guided by a stud 12, projecting upwardly from a cross-bar 13 of the frame. The other spring, 14, is'located in a gap in the front end of the tongue, where it is supported by the pivot 7 passing through it, the arm 16, of the spring taking below the tongue and the other arm 17 being supported by the arched cross-bar 18 of the frame, or it may be supported upon the lower cross bar 13, at the point 19 in Fig. 2, or any other suitable supporting point.

As already stated, the two springs may be I used at one time, as the duplicate will avoid clumsiness caused by making either one of them strong enough to serve alone, and a further advantage is that if one spring should break or getout of order the other one will serve until repair can be had. By using the bar 13 for strength the bar 18 may be dispensed with.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

A trace carrier comprising a skeleton frame adapted to be secured to the back of the harness and having two inwardly arched hooks adapted to support the traces, a transverse bar in the frame, a vertical stud secured thereon, a coil-spring supported on the 

